Construction of doors



S. HAMMER CONSTRUCTION 0F DOORS Dec. 29, 1931.

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. CONSTRUCTION OF DOORS Filed oct. 11, 1928 2 sheets-sheet 2 mmm? ` ATTORNEY and other uses.

170 be firmly held in place with a fully finished `1:5 fastening devices that can easily be applied,

means are of metal, stamped or otherwise discloses a preferred form of myv invention.

terms in which the appended claims are ex? 1B Figure 4 looking upward; and.

door comprises two principal parts, one of Patented Dec. 29, 1931 UNTED STATES PATENT OFFICE SAMUEL HAMMER, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO UNITED METAL BOX C0.

INC., OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION CONSTRUCTION OF DOORS Application` filed October 11,

This invention relates to improvements in the construction of doors, especially doors carrying mirrors and designed for cabinets, small closets for ymedicines and toilet articles, l

An object of the invention isto provide a door upon which a mirror can be secured to the outer face, without the drilling of holes in the mirror for fastening devices; and still and attractive appearance.

A further object of the invention is to provide a door made of parts that can readily be assembled and detached, and including or loosened and removed, thus rendering the door easy to mount or to take down in case any of its parts need to be repaired.

Preferably the door and the securing worked into the required size and shape.

The nature and advantages of the invention are further set forth in the following description which, taken with the drawings,

I may, however, resort to changes not illustrated herein but nevertheless come within the principle of the invention and embraced within the scope and meaning of the broad ressed.

Figure 1 is a front view of a door construction according to my invention;

Figure 2 is a rear view thereof; j Figure 3 is a section on the line Figure l looking downward; j

Figure 4 is a rear elevation of the front part of the body of the door Figure 5 is a section on the line 5-5 of Figures G and 7 showing details.

On the drawings the same numerals identify the same parts throughout.

rIhe door is adapted to support a mirror shown at 1 large enough to cover the whole of the outer face of the door and etched or ground or otherwise worked to carry an ornamental design if desired. The body of the are perspective views such as card pendic or parallel with the purpose of making the ends 9 fit flatly ploy form of resilient strips of metal having diagonally bent OF NEW YORK Serial No. 311,728.

vwhich is a metal. plate indicated at 2; this plate forming the outer portion of the door and intended to bear the mirror 1 which is securely attached thereto but spaced from it an intervening sheet of suitable material of metal against the beveled edges the mirror 1; the ends 9 of the engaging devices projeet through the apertures 6 o front plate 2 while to the rear of this their extremities adjacent the tongues 5. operating with the engaging -devices I amfastening means 11 which are in the ends These memb board 3. The other principal part of the door is the back plate 4 which is fastened to the front plate 2 and this rear plate carries the is pivotally mounted the entrance to the enclosure with which it is used. As stated, the partsk2 and 4 are preferably stamping so as to and turn up the e hinges by which this door in position to control and they can be made by give them the proper shape j dges thereof to provide rims which enable the front plate 2 and back plate 3 to be assembled in such a way that the rim of the back plate telescopes within the rim of the front plate. to attach the mirror to the door, to avoid drilling holes in the glass and for this reason I provide the front plate 2 with tongues 5 which are cut and bent to the rear at a suitable number of points along the sides, top and bottom. tongues and formed by the tongues, openings are provided in the front plate 2, as indicated at 6 in Figure 5. These openings receive engaging devices 7 having bent-over ends 8 and 9; the ends 8 are turned until they are at right angles with the body of the engaging devices 7, the opposite end 9 of each yengaging is somewhat shorter and is notv quite perular to the central part of the device As will be shown later, it is desirable Adjacent these the bending back of while device the other end. This is for or periphery 10 of f the the opposite ends 8 are plate with the edges of 12 which are turned up at ers are slipped beneath the ends 8 of the engaging devices 7, and between these devices and the tongue 5. The

central parts 11 of these fastening members pass under the larger ends 8 of the engaging devices and are disposed so as to hold these engaging devices in securing position. Therefore to attach the glass to the door the engaging devices are merely put successively through the apertures 6 in such a way that the ends 9 are caused to engage the beveled edge 10 of the mirror 1, with the opposite ends 8 adjacent the ends of the tongues 5, and then the fastening members are forced under the ends 8, and between these enga@- ing devices and the tongues; whereupon eai of the devices 7 is located in place and the mirror 1 is securely held. By reason of the fact that the members 11 are made of resilient metal they can easily be forced into position and the ends 12 thereof are long enough to make the central part of each of these members push kthe engaging devices back, by

pressing on the ends 8 to a suicient extent to hold theY mirror 1 tightly on the front plate 2 and compress it against the sheet of cardboard 3.

As stated above, the front plate 2 is made so that it has a rearward extending rim 14 around the periphery thereof and on the rear surface are secured by spot-welding, o1' otherwise, a` pair' of angle-plates 15 having strengtheningl Hanges 16 turned up from the rear surface of the plate 2. These plates 15 are apertured to give passage to securing elements 17 which may have the form of screws with their heads between the plates 15- andthe plates 2.

Thev back plate 4 is made with a peripheral rim: 18 which lits within the rim 14; 'th-is plate thus covers the tongue 5, fastening members 11, and the i-nner ends 8 of the en gagli-ng devices 7. On its outer face the rear plate 4 may carry hinged members 19 on one edge tol enable it to be hung up on similar hingeA members atthe entrance to the enclosure, and it may also carry projecting in a rearward direction a catch 20 to engage a suitable part at the edge of the enclosure and hold th'edoor shut. It may also bear one or more projectionsl 21 to serve any necessary purpose. Inline with the securin'g element 17 the rear plate 4 may be perforat'ed, as indicated at 22 and through the `perforations` 22 I may pass sleeve nuts, for

example, to secure the front and back yplates 2 'and 4 together. The angle-plates 15 may be punched as indicated at 23 on Figure 5, toprovide recesses for the heads of the screws 17 between the plates 15 and the front plate 2, so that the plates 15 can engage flatly with the rear surface of the front plate 2..

When the parts of the door are assembled thev rear plate 4 with its rim or peripheral flange 18v fits within the rim or flange 14 of'the front plate and the two plates are held by the elements 17 and the sleeve nuts or screws for same. Whenever necessary the two plates can be taken apart merely by removing the securing elements cooperating with the screws 17; and likewise the mirror 1 can be dismounted at any time merely by pulling out the fastening members 11 and withdrawing from the aperture 6 the engaging devices 7.

The mirror 1 is almost equal in sizeto the front pla-te 2 and the method of mounting this mirror by att-aching to the door without drilling the holes through the mirror is a feature of decided superiority, because it not only saves labor upon the glass but it also avoids the risk of breaking the glass by drilling therethrough; and the border of the front plate 2 surrounding the beveled edges 10 .of the mirror tends torender inconspicuous any defects or flaws in the edge of the mirror and adds to the nished 5 appearance of theV entire article.

I have above referred to the novel features of my present invention as employed for the purpose of attaching a mirror panel to the face of a cabinet door. However, itwill be apparent that this invention might also be applied to various other analogous purposes or` uses where a simple and reliable means for easily, quickly and securely attachingy an ornamenta-l panel to a support-x ing structure is desired.

Iclaim l 1. A door construction comprising a mounting plate, a mirror having beveled edges disposed upon one face of the plate, the edges of the plate overlapping the'edges of the mirror, the plate being cut to provide rearward-extending tongues and having openines ad'acent said ton ues envaofinf de- D 7 b D b vices in said openings projecting beyond both .j

faces of the plate, said devices having one end bent to engage the beveled edge of the mirror and having its opposite end bent to form an abutment, and resilient members `having bent ends disposed between the enf gaging devices and said tongues and between .the plate and said abutments of the engaging devices to hold the latter in securing position. Y

2. A door construction comprising a plate, 577

a mirror secured to one face of the plate, said plate having a circumferential rim turned away from the mirror, angle-shaped plates 'secured to the first-named plate on the face and securing :"7

turned away from the mirror, elements passing through the plates and held fast thereby.

3. A door construction comprising a plate having a mirror on. one face, a circumferential rim projecting from the opposite face, angle-shaped kplates secured to said opposite face, securing elements held fast by said angle-shaped plates and projecting through the latter, and a plate having a rim telescoping within the rim of the first-named plate angle-shaped to be held fast thereto by said securing elements.

4. In combination, a supporting structure having a front surface disposed in a single plane, a panel of slightly less dimensions than said support superimposed on said surface and substantially conforming in outline contour to the supporting structure, attaching members for said panel transversely movable through apertures in the supporting structure adjacent its marginal edges, and means coacting with each of said members and with the supporting structure to retain said members in their attaching positions with their outwardly projecting ends in bearing contact upon the marginal edges of said panel.

5. In combination, a supporting structure having a front surface disposed in a single plane, a panel of slightly less dimensions than said support superimposed on said surface and substantially conforming in outline contour to the supporting structure, attaching members for said panel transversely movable through apertures in the supporting structure adjacent its marginal edges, the opposite ends of said members being angularly bent and extending inwardly from the marginal edges of said panel, and resiliently acting elements interposed between the inner ends of said members and the supporting structure to retain said members in attaching position and yieldably urge said panel into bearing contact with the surface of the supporting structure.

6. In combination, a supporting structure having a front surface disposed in a single plane, a panel of slightly less dimensions t ian said support superimposed on said surface and substantially conforming in outline contour to the supporting structure, attaching members for said panel transversely movable through apertures in the supporting structure adjacent its marginal edges, and leaf spring members having central portions interposed between the inner ends of said members and the supporting structure and in bearing contact at their opposite ends with the rear face of said structure in spaced relation from the attaching members, whereby the latter are yieldably held in their attaching positions and caused to constantly urge said panel into bearing contact with the outer surface of the supporting structure.

7. A door having openings therethrough, a mirror, clip members extending through the openings in the door from the back and having fingers engaging the mirror, and resilient cushion means reacting against the door-back and serving to exert thrust on the clip members behind the door to thereby clamp the mirror by the clip lingers snugly but yieldably against the door.

8. A door having openings therethrough, a mirror, clip members having fingers extending through the openings and engaging the mirror, cushion means reacting against the door-back and against parts of the clip members, respectively, to snugly but yieldably clamp the mirror on the door clip member fingers, and a flanged cover plate detachably mounted on the door-back and arranged to enclose the parts of the clip members projecting backwardly from the door.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention, I have signed my name hereto.

SAMUEL HAMMER.

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